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Informational text Common Core RL.9-10.5 classroom managements
Scary Podcasts: Lore and Urban Legends
For real. No cheesy music, no bad acting, and no trick endings where everyone is okay and it was all just a big misunderstanding. Seriously, your students are going to love these and they have just the right amount of horror while still being appropriate for school.*I have recently updated to help make this more accessible for online/distance learning. Graphic organizers are set as page backgrounds in Google Slides with text boxes so students can easily fill in their information and submit digit
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Mega Podcast Bundle
Black Cat, Edgar Allan Poe short story + non-fiction, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Use “The Black Cat” by American Gothic/Dark Romantic writer Edgar Allan Poe to teach your students the elements of literary analysis, get them thinking deeply about the short story's text, and provide opportunities for real-world connections to this grisly story via a 2009 newspaper article (link included) and critical reading activity. This two-day lesson plan includes a full-text copy of the story, a 10-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key, of course), and a real-world inf
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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One Pager Activity Bundle for Fiction and Nonfiction - Post-Reading Response
So you want your students to analyze literature and informational texts, but you don't want to grade yet ANOTHER stack of essays. Why not take a creative approach with this one pager bundle? Students will be able to dig deep into literary analysis of both fiction and nonfiction texts, and they will be challenged to fit all of their thinking on one blank piece of paper: the one pager.TWO resources are included in this bundle:1. Literature One Pager: Use this resource to have students analyze any
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7th - 10th
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Compare & Contrast Poetry, Hamlet & Rudyard Kipling's "If" – PDF & Google Drive
Help students analyze how a similar theme is developed in three different mediums by using Rudyard Kipling’s timeless poem “If,” Polonius’ advice to his son in a brief monologue from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and a newspaper columnist’s Guide to Life that went viral in the late 1990s. (Remember that whole “Wear Sunscreen” thing?)This fun, attention-grabbing lesson was built to entertain and challenge high school students in grades 9 through 12, though advanced middle school students will als
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9th - 12th
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Jack the Ripper: Tone & Bias in the Media Coverage of this Infamous Murder Case
Jack the Ripper. One of the most notorious serial killers of all time. And he was never caught. There are over 100 theories about his identity. If you're looking for a high-interest nonfiction topic to get your students interested in analyzing nonfiction, this is it! This activity has two parts. The first parts takes students through an exercise of identifying tone in a news article written about Jack the Ripper. There are four articles in this part of this lesson that all come from The L
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Norse Mythology Unit, Campbell Hero’s Journey, Lord of the Rings, Marvel Thor
In this epic Norse Mythology unit, you and your students will explore the realms (Asgard, Midgard, Jotunheim, etc.) and characters (Odin, Thor, Loki, etc.) of Norse Mythology and study Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey (monomyth). You will apply the Hero’s Journey to the Norse myths as well as Marvel’s Thor and connect the past with the present by comparing Norse myths to The Lord of the Rings and Marvel’s Thor. In other words, you’ll leave your ordinary world, enter a special world filled with g
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: Norse Mythology Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin with Nonfiction Text - Short Story Analysis
Students complete close readings of two texts: Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and The Washington Post article “Study Suggests You Can Die of a Broken Heart” to make relevant connections. Students begin by completing an anticipation guide with statements about love and marriage. A handout with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies provides scaffolding for their reading, and the lesson culminates with an assignment requiring students to find a love song or poem that matches a theme f
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Night by Elie Wiesel Unit - Questions, Analysis, Vocabulary, Quizzes, Exam
Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, has become a standard text for many high school and middle school classes to teach about both the history and human impact of the Holocaust. This 300+ page Night unit mega-bundle includes everything you need to make this critical story meaningful and memorable for your secondary students, including a pre-reading Night PowerPoint and guided notes, study guide comprehension and analysis questions, engaging and rigorous analysis activities, vocabulary building and pract
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7th - 11th
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Low Prep Emergency Sub Plans for High School English (Google Drive Version)
Reduce the amount of time and stress associated with lesson planning for unexpected absences from the high school English classroom with these editable sub plan templates and rigorous, purposeful, literature-based activities. Not only are these lesson plans intended to facilitate a classroom teacher's preparation, but they are also intended to provide guest teachers with the details they need to have a successful day of uninterrupted student learning opportunities. All materials are made for Go
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9th - 12th
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Full Year High School English Curriculum: Secondary ELA 9-12 Common Core Aligned
If you are teaching a new high school English course this year, or you're looking to upgrade your current high school English class curriculum, this full year ELA curriculum is for YOU! This Common Core Standards aligned English Language Arts curriculum will help you create meaningful learning experiences for your secondary English students AND protect your time outside of contract hours.This English curriculum is perfect for you if are looking for...creative, effective activities for you and yo
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9th - 12th
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"Half-Hanged" Close Reading Practice from Lore Podcast - Pair w/ The Crucible
I use this lesson as an introduction to The Crucible, but I also use it as close reading practice for my 10th grade English class. The activity is a fun introduction to the Salem Witch Trials, but it also includes questions that cover author's purpose, point of view, identification of suspense and literary devices, theme, and there's also practice with vocabulary in context at the end. Students listen to podcast Lore, episode 12 "Half-Hanged". The podcast discusses various (ridiculous) allegatio
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9th - 12th
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High School Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions Test Prep Paired Texts
Do you need High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions to help with reading test prep? This Reading Test Prep Lesson BUNDLE helps students prepare for state standardized reading comprehension exams and assessments by focusing on 5 different standards!! It contains 5 DAYS of EASY-TO-TEACH activities and test prep QUESTIONS and ANSWERS based on the Common Core Standards, focuses on 1 set of paired passages (an excerpt from Joshua Slocum's "Sailing Alone Around the World" and a passag
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7th - 10th
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Literary Devices Coloring Pages: High School or Middle School digital activity
My Freshmen love these! Review after a lesson or before the state test with these cool coloring pages. I've included Rhetorical Devices, elements of Characterization,Author's Purpose, Text Structure, Literary Devices, and literary-based testing vocabulary.Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas sent to your email.Check out some of my other creative projects:A Raisin in the Sun StationsBundle of 5 learning StationsGreek Mythology StationsN
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8th - 11th
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Smart ELA Bell Ringers, Warm Up Lessons, Reading Comprehension - Print & Online
These smart bell ringers are engaging warm-up activities that address a wide range of ELA standards. They are a perfect mix of literature, informational texts, and reading comprehension, and cover various topics such as fiction, poetry, literary devices, history, social studies, science, and life skills. Students are asked to read, analyze, determine the meaning of words, make inferences, provide conclusions, support claims, and make connections.The handouts and online Easel activities are ideal
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7th - 12th
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Teach Reading Comprehension Skills using Music as Poetry | Printable & Digital
Teach high school reading comprehension and analysis skills using music as poetry activities (Printable & Digital): Use song lyrics and music videos to teach EVERY high school reading literature and reading informational text common core state standard to cover entire Grade 9 - 12 English Curriculum. All 15 lessons include editable lesson plans, student handouts, PowerPoint slides, Answer Keys, Rubrics, Google Docs, Google Slides for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities.C
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
ELA Task Card Bundle (192 Task Cards!) / Print and Digital / Google Slides
Task cards are a great way to connect instruction, content, and movement. For this reason, I have been working hard to develop a series of task cards that work for multiple texts. Each set of task cards has 32 cards focused on a specific part of English language arts instruction, including informational texts, rhetoric, figurative language, literary devices, plot structure and conflict, characterization, theme, main idea, summary, making text connections, making inferences, and research skills.
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9th - 12th
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Complete Unit Plan Bundle for Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 - Part 2
Teaching Fahrenheit 451 has never been easier! This complete unit plan for PART 2 has everything you need to teach Ray Bradbury’s classic tale of dystopian society. Organized into jam-packed lessons, this unit plan will challenge your students in new ways each day. Every lesson has an activator, activities for the section of text, and a quick write. An alternative option that replaces the quick write for multiple-choice is available for every lesson. Every student packet has a coordinating Powe
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9th - 12th
Standardized Test Prep High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Need help with preparing your students for standardized tests? This ELA Reading Test Prep Bundle: 20 Days to the BIG TEST prepares students for state reading comprehension exams and assessments with a focus on informational texts, literary texts, and paired passages with questions. It includes a selection of 20 EASY-TO-TEACH Lessons, Activities, and Common Core Style Test Prep QUESTIONS and ANSWERS based on specific standards! Give yourself a breath of fresh air with this NO PREP curriculum tha
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6th - 10th
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340 High School Reading and ELA Test Prep Common Core Questions for State Exams
Are you looking for a test prep resource that will help your students be prepared for the types of questions that they will see on your reading and language arts state exams? The following resource includes 340 rigorous questions patterned after released state exams as well as the question banks from print and electronic resources from some of the top test prep vendors. You will not find a question stem bank this large and diverse anywhere! This tool is the ideal test prep tool for grades 9-1
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9th - 12th
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High School Common Core English Language Arts IEP Goal Bank
This IEP goal bank was created to assist special education teachers with the task of writing standards-based IEP goals in English Language Arts. Speech-Language Pathologists should also find this resource to be useful when creating IEP goals and collaborating with teachers.After spending countless hours developing IEP goals myself and really having to think through how to best individualize goals and objectives for my own students, I wanted to share this resource to help other special education
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9th - 12th, Staff
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“Earth on Turtle’s Back” & “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” Creation Origin Myths
It’s back to school, and you’ve decided to begin the year with Native American Literature because they offer great opportunities to enhance your classroom management strategies and they add cultural diversity to your curriculum. But you don’t have good resources, and you don’t have time to make them. Worse, you know you need a major grade within a month, but you don’t have time to make an assessment. Worst of all, you know you could enhance your classroom management simply by offering a project
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Night Activities - Elie Wiesel - Chapter & Whole Book Analysis Activities
Help your students get the most out of Elie Wiesel’s haunting memoir, Night. This 40+ page Night Activities resource includes a wide variety of rigorous, creative analysis activities focusing on a range of skills and standards, from character and theme development to figurative language, comparison of mediums, and much more. It also includes a final project choice board for Night, allowing your students to deepen their connection to the story while appealing to each individual's interests and ta
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7th - 11th
Organizing Text Structures Quiz with Answer Key
Need help quizzing the types of text structures: Chronological order, Sequence, Spatial, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, or Compare and Contrast?This 5 page printable quiz has students read nine passages, identify the main pattern of organization used in each paragraph, and define the types of organizational structures through multiple choice questions. A sample answer key is included for your reference.Great for both Informational and Literary texts units! *****************************
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6th - 12th
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20 Minute Reading Test Taking Strategy Activity (teacher slides included)
This interactive google doc follows a gradual release model to teach students how to eliminate answer choices and select the BEST choice even when they all seem correct. The activity includes CC informational reading passages and questions with a fun acronym to help students remember the strategy. My students love it, and it has definitely helped to increase their reading scores. Because it is a google doc, you can add more passages as needed. I added Gslides to help better instruct students.
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5th - 12th
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